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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1988
Page
4
David J. Ard is an associate professor of philosophy and religious studies at Mount Mercy College. He joined the Mount Mercy College faculty in 1984. The Ard family does not own a television set.
A writer confesses a lifelong struggle with TV and car obsessions described as demonic temptations. He recalls friends offering TVs, televisions in visiting homes, and his own vow to avoid a set, while admitting ongoing battles with gadgets, cars, and consumer pressures that tempt him daily.
Today Linn County holds four meetings starting at 9 a.m. with the Board of Supervisors work session in the Administrative Office Building. At 1:30 p.m. the Commission of Veterans Affairs meets on the third floor of the Witwer Building. At 7 p.m. the Linn-Mar school board convenes at the Educational Services Center on North 10th Street in Marion. The Linn County Board of Health meets at 7:30 p.m. in theHealth Department conference room.
A multi entry log lists incidents from Saturday and Sunday including a $1900 theft of clothing and electronics at 4125 Ely Rd SW with entry through a screen door. It also details upturned monuments at Linwood Cemetery and numerous emergency calls, alarms, vehicle fires, medical emergencies, gas flushes, sprinkler and freon issues, and other unknowns across several streets and neighborhoods.
Cedar Rapids police arrested Richard Becker 24 and Russell Bales 28 after two separate Saturday night chases. Becker, who fled a Kawasaki at 3100 block of 16th Avenue SW, overturned near Cherokee Park and was captured. Bales, stopped five minutes after a red light incident on Second Avenue SW, faces 20 counts including operating under the influence and failure to obey signals. Becker released on recognizance. Bales held.
More than 300 entries were received in two weeks after entry blanks opened for the XVII MNB Bike Races to be held on August 14 at Bever Park. ARC participants may register at 1756 First Ave NE and a track preview field trip is planned. Between 1,500 and 2,000 racers are expected with no riders over 18 in this year's heats.
A wagon train of more than a dozen horse drawn wagons and about a dozen riders departs at 7 a.m. from Hopkinton to travel to Waukon in five days for the Threshers Reunion. The route includes Earlville Edgewood Elkader Monona with overnight camps and Threshing Days parade on Sunday.
Oelwein and Anamosa are among 12 Iowa cities honored by the American Automobile Association for efforts to reduce pedestrian vehicle accidents. Oelwein’s improved safety program credits the new Highway 151 route around the business district and radar speed enforcement. Anamosa reports a steady year with low pedestrian incidents, aided by added traffic lights and crosswalks. Other recipients include Bettendorf, Carroll, Cedar Falls, Harlan, Jefferson, Mason City, Mount Pleasant, Shenandoah, Waterloo and Windsor Heights.
Allen R. Wells, 18, Iowa City, pleaded guilty to second degree criminal mischief in a Dec 22 1987 incident. He rammed an automobile into an Iowa State Patrol vehicle on Airport Road near I 380, causing $1,400 in damages. He received a deferred sentence, probation, and ordered restitution.
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